Game device



L. F. RYAN.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Amma, |919.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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LAWRENCE r. Rviiiv, or Yo'rrxnnfs, NEW Yoan.

GAME DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pgsfgqgnted Jn, im), 192% Applicationfiled August 18, 1919. Serial No. 318,412.

To all whom t may concer/a.'

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE F. RYAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yonkers, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York,has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in game devices and has for itsobject to provide a ball bat having means whereby it may be attached tothe hand.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ball bat approximatelythe shape of a persons hand and means whereby it ma be attached to thehand.

till another object of the invention is to provide a bat approximatelythe shape of a persons hand and means whereby it may be attached toeither the right or left hand and conform to the shape of either.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a bat having aflexible piece for attaching the bat to a wearers hand said piece havinga thumb opening and means whereby said opening may be made to suit thethumb of either the right or left hand.

With the above and other objects in view, I have invented the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top planview of my device shown fixed to a hand, the hand being in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the reverse side of the device the fasteningstrap being reversed thereon in dotted lines, and,

Figure 3 is a detail plan view of the fastening member removed from thebat.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout thespecification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1indicates a board the contour shape of a persons hand without the thumb.This board may be made of any suitable material such as wood, metal,papier mache, or the like, and is reversible so that it may be appliedVto either the right or left hand. To the edge 2 opposite the thumb edge3 of the board and near the end 4 adjacent the wrist portion of theboard is hingedly secured at 6 a flexible strap 5 adapted to lit overthe wrist and back of a persons hand. The other end of this strap isbifurcated to pr0- vide a thumb opening 7, whereby a person will havefree use of the thumb in using the device, the extremities 8 and 9 areprovided with eyes 10 and 1l which are adapted to engage the hooks orpins 12 and 13 one of which is on the edge 3 near the center of theboard, the other pin 13 being on the angularly disposed edge 14 wherebysaid extremities when fastened have a tendency to pull against oneanother and hold the device more securely to the hand. It is notessential for the strap to iit tightly around the wrist as a slightpressure of the fingers upon the board or bending of the band will causethe strap to press tightly against the back of the hand, thus the devicewill easily fit to hands of various sizes. The device is especiallyadapted for batting balls back and forth. As there are many other usesto which the invention is readily adaptable I do not limit its uses tothat of a bat.

rIhe strap 5 may be formed of leather, canvas or any other suitablematerial and it may also have inset 15 of elastic material if desired inorder to more readily accommodate to hands of various sizes.

Now having described my invention that which I claim to be new anddesire to procure by Letters Patent is z- 1. In a device of thecharacter described a base and a hand strap having one end secured toone edge of the base and means for fastening the other end of the strapto another edge of the base, said strap being reversible upon the base,whereby the base may be secured to either hand of a user, said straphaving a thumb opening.

2. In a device of the character described a vbase and a hand straphaving one end secured to one edge of the base and means for fasteningthe other end of the strap to another edge of the base, said strap beingreversible upon the base, whereby the base may be secured to either handof a user, said strap having a thumb opening, arranged to receive thethumb of either the right or left hand.

3. In a device of the character described a base and a hand strap havingone end secured to one edge of the base and means for fastening theother end of the strap to another edge of the base, said strap beingreversible upon the base, whereby the base may be secured to either handof a user, said strap having a thumb opening, arranged to receive thethumb of either the right or left hand, said base being shaped to ahand.

4. In :L device of the character deseribed rig-ht or left hand, saidbase being shaped 1'0 a. base and a handstlt/aip having one end to ,s1--hand, said base-being rigid. secured to one edge of the heee and ineensv n testimony Wheeof I aHiX my signafor fastenng tifie l(thfr end o thestrap. to ture in presence of two witnesses. 1 another e ge o t e ase,sai strap being: reversible upon theibase whereby Athe vhase l. n lLAWRENCE F' RYAN'; be secred to either"l hand of a uSer, Witnesses: saidstrap having a; thumb opening, .ar- 'F'RANK SAXTON, ranged to receivethe thumb of either the F. C. VANBUSKIRK.

